Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Van Delden

Jeffrey Van Delden has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11940191
    Abstract: An expansion valve includes a housing, a threaded bush, a valve body, and a permanent magnet body. The threaded bush is arranged in the housing and extends along an axial direction. The threaded bush includes an external thread. The valve body is partially adjustably received in the threaded bush along the axial direction. The permanent magnet body is of a pot-shaped design and arranged in the housing. The permanent magnet body extends the threaded bush along the axial direction such that the valve body is partially received in a valve body receptacle surrounded by the permanent magnet body. The permanent magnet body surrounds a radially outside of the threaded bush in a common transition portion. In the transition portion, the permanent magnet body is firmly connected to the threaded bush via a latching connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Jeffrey Van Delden, Matthias Lindenberg, Florian Wetzel
  • Patent number: 11906065
    Abstract: An electric valve may include an electric machine having a rotor and a stator, a valve body drivingly connected to the rotor, a valve seat cooperating with the valve body, a housing in which the rotor and the stator are arranged, a split pot arranged in the housing and fluidically separating a dry region from a wet region in the housing, and a spring assembly including at least one spring. The rotor may be arranged in the split pot. The stator may surround the split pot radially on an outside in a circumferential direction. The split pot may protrude beyond an axially outer front side of the rotor. The spring assembly may be coupled to the housing and may rest on the front side spaced apart from the housing such that the spring assembly mechanically impinges on the stator radially and axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Lindenberg, Jeffrey Van Delden, Florian Wetzel
  • Patent number: 11862393
    Abstract: A coil assembly, e.g., for use a valve, is disclosed. The coil assembly includes a coil arrangement including at least one electrically energizable coil, a coil ring carrier receiving the coil arrangement, and a flux conducting device for conducting magnetic field lines of a magnetic field provided via the coil arrangement. The flux conducting device includes a one-piece ferromagnetic pole ring that includes a ring base plate and a plurality of pole ring outer teeth arranged on an outer edge of the ring base plate and angularly bent over on fold-over outer edge regions of the ring base plate. The flux conducting device further includes a one-piece ferromagnetic counter-pole ring that includes a counter-ring base plate and a plurality of counter-pole ring outer teeth arranged on a counter-outer edge of the counter-ring base plate and angularly bent over on counter-fold-over outer edge regions of the counter-ring base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Van Delden, Matthias Lindenberg, Florian Wetzel
  • Patent number: 11828503
    Abstract: An electric valve, e.g., an electric expansion valve, for expanding a fluid, e.g., for a thermodynamic cycle, is disclosed. The electric valve includes an electric machine including a rotor and a stator interacting with the rotor during operation. A valve body is drive-connected with the rotor. The rotor, the stator, and the valve body are arranged in a valve housing. The valve housing, in an axial direction outside includes a bottom, and a connector projects axially from the bottom. At least one wing projects from the bottom, the at least one wing extending obliquely to the axial direction at least in portions and resiliently supports the bottom on the front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Lindenberg, Jeffrey Van Delden, Florian Wetzel
  • Patent number: 11813922
    Abstract: An expansion valve for an air conditioning system of a motor vehicle may include a housing, a sensor, a stepping motor or a BLDC motor, a valve seat, and a valve body. The stepping motor or the BLDC motor may include a rotor and a stator surrounding the rotor. The rotor may include a permanent magnet body connected non-rotatably therewith. A separating can may be provided that surrounds the rotor and separates a wet region on a rotor side from a dry region on a stator side. The sensor may be connected with the separating can via an adhesive layer formed as a heat-conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Steffen Huebner, Matthias Lindenberg, Jeffrey Van Delden, Florian Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20220235866
    Abstract: A valve body of an expansion valve for an air-conditioning system, a battery cooler, and/or an oil cooler of a motor vehicle may comprise a valve needle and a spring. The valve needle and the spring may be integrally provided as a single component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Van Delden, Matthias Lindenberg, Florian Wetzel
  • Patent number: 11363730
    Abstract: A housing for accommodating electrical components, in particular in a liquid pump, includes a housing pot including a bottom and a surrounding wall protruding from the bottom, as well as a housing cover closing the housing pot, including a shoulder protruding in the direction of the bottom. A simplified and cost-efficient production of the housing as well as an increased operational safety of the liquid pump are attained in that the housing cover forms a caulking connection with the surrounding wall of the housing pot with the help of at least one recess formed in the shoulder. The disclosure furthermore relates to a liquid pump including a housing of this type as well as a method for producing a liquid pump of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Diekmann, Robin Drefs, Sven B. Friedrich, Eugen Makarow, Andrej Rul, Jeffrey Van Delden, Benjamin Weimann
  • Publication number: 20220178598
    Abstract: An electric valve, e.g., an electric expansion valve, for expanding a fluid, e.g., for a thermodynamic cycle, is disclosed. The electric valve includes an electric machine including a rotor and a stator interacting with the rotor during operation. A valve body is drive-connected with the rotor. The rotor, the stator, and the valve body are arranged in a valve housing. The valve housing, in an axial direction outside includes a bottom, and a connector projects axially from the bottom. At least one wing projects from the bottom, the at least one wing extending obliquely to the axial direction at least in portions and resiliently supports the bottom on the front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Matthias Lindenberg, Jeffrey Van Delden, Florian Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20220178458
    Abstract: An electric valve may include an electric machine having a rotor and a stator, a valve body drivingly connected to the rotor, a valve seat cooperating with the valve body, a housing in which the rotor and the stator are arranged, a split pot arranged in the housing and fluidically separating a dry region from a wet region in the housing, and a spring assembly including at least one spring. The rotor may be arranged in the split pot. The stator may surround the split pot radially on an outside in a circumferential direction. The split pot may protrude beyond an axially outer front side of the rotor. The spring assembly may be coupled to the housing and may rest on the front side spaced apart from the housing such that the spring assembly mechanically impinges on the stator radially and axially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Matthias Lindenberg, Jeffrey Van Delden, Florian Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20220181058
    Abstract: A coil assembly, e.g., for use a valve, is disclosed. The coil assembly includes a coil arrangement including at least one electrically energizable coil, a coil ring carrier receiving the coil arrangement, and a flux conducting device for conducting magnetic field lines of a magnetic field provided via the coil arrangement. The flux conducting device includes a one-piece ferromagnetic pole ring that includes a ring base plate and a plurality of pole ring outer teeth arranged on an outer edge of the ring base plate and angularly bent over on fold-over outer edge regions of the ring base plate. The flux conducting device further includes a one-piece ferromagnetic counter-pole ring that includes a counter-ring base plate and a plurality of counter-pole ring outer teeth arranged on a counter-outer edge of the counter-ring base plate and angularly bent over on counter-fold-over outer edge regions of the counter-ring base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Van Delden, Matthias Lindenberg, Florian Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20220176783
    Abstract: An expansion valve for an air conditioning system of a motor vehicle may include a housing, a sensor, a stepping motor or a BLDC motor, a valve seat, and a valve body. The stepping motor or the BLDC motor may include a rotor and a stator surrounding the rotor. The rotor may include a permanent magnet body connected non-rotatably therewith. A separating can may be provided that surrounds the rotor and separates a wet region on a rotor side from a dry region on a stator side. The sensor may be connected with the separating can via an adhesive layer formed as a heat-conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Steffen Huebner, Matthias Lindenberg, Jeffrey Van Delden, Florian Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20220178599
    Abstract: An expansion valve may include a housing, a threaded bush, a valve body, and a permanent magnet body. The threaded bush may be arranged in the housing and may extend along an axial direction. The threaded bush may include an external thread. The valve body may be partially adjustably received in the threaded bush along the axial direction. The permanent magnet body may be of a pot-shaped design and may be arranged in the housing. The permanent magnet body may extend the threaded bush along the axial direction such that the valve body is partially received in a valve body receptacle surrounded by the permanent magnet body. The permanent magnet body may surround a radially outside of the threaded bush in a common transition portion. In the transition portion, the permanent magnet body may be firmly connected to the threaded bush via a latching connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Van Delden, Matthias Lindenberg, Florian Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20220181939
    Abstract: An electric stator for an expansion valve may include a first and a second coil body, a first electric connecting element, and a second electric connecting element. The first and second coil bodies may be substantially ring-shaped and extend along a circumferential direction. The first electric connecting element may protrude from the first coil body along an axial direction. The second electric connecting element may protrude from the second coil body. The first and second coil bodies may be arranged next to one another along the axial direction and may be fastened to one another via a common positioning aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Van Delden, Matthias Lindenberg, Florian Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20210100121
    Abstract: A housing for accommodating electrical components, in particular in a liquid pump, includes a housing pot including a bottom and a surrounding wall protruding from the bottom, as well as a housing cover closing the housing pot, including a shoulder protruding in the direction of the bottom. A simplified and cost-efficient production of the housing as well as an increased operational safety of the liquid pump are attained in that the housing cover forms a caulking connection with the surrounding wall of the housing pot with the help of at least one recess formed in the shoulder. The disclosure furthermore relates to a liquid pump including a housing of this type as well as a method for producing a liquid pump of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Johannes Diekmann, Robin Drefs, Sven B. Friedrich, Eugen Makarow, Andrej Rul, Jeffrey Van Delden, Benjamin Weimann